BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOOD ASIAN ACTORS, ANYWHERE, THAT CAN DO THIS

[misora]

Aaaaaand, this is why I had my doubts about this live-action Last Airbender movie idea of Shyamalan's.


The cast list: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/10/first-look-the-cast-of-the-last-airbender/


Yep. You read right. They white-washed everyone. Zuko is being played by a blond pop-star.








I think I'm going to wibble over here in the corner for a bit. ;_____;

Comments

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Look, I agree that the actress playing Katara should have dark skin. However, her actress being pale really is not a reason to say that the cast is bad, or that the movie will be bad. It just means her skin is pale, which, yes, is inaccurate to the character, but it does not mean Katara will be pale in the movie. We've seen one photo, and that doesn't give us an idea of what the character will be like in the movie.

Yes, I did know that, and if the character's physical appearance is that changed, it will be unfortunate. But we don't know anything about this movie, really. Not yet. And, honestly, nobody can make statements about variety yet. We have two actors.

[jbramx2.livejournal.com]

I didn't say anywhere in my comment that this movie is going to fail. I'm sure the kids who are growing up watching the Disney channel will love it. Okay, I really don't know that. It's a martial arts movie, I'm sure it'll do great among audiences. Probably attract the crowd that saw that movie with both Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Or it might fail. I don't know. That's not my point.

I only said "this casting is disappointing to me."

I don't know the karate kid that is casted for Aang, so I can't pass judgement on that. I'm actually happy they went with a martial artist. I figured they would for all the benders in this. Make the movie more genuine.

I'm shocked they didn't. That would've been a great draw to the movie.

And true, two roles is not enough to judge variety. But the one role that definitely should have gone to a minority went to a white girl instead. That's sad. (and wrong!)

I would hate if they made that cute little girl get a tan. I think it's sick for someone to suggest they get a tan, cuz they're KIDS, or at the least, they're young! They shouldn't be getting tans.

If they change the character in the movie to have always been a pale skinned kid, well that's just taking away from the character's unique look. And as you said, that is unfortunate.

I'm just bothered that they would deprive a future young minority actress (or martial artist) the chance of playing Katara. It's really disappointing.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

I did not say anything about the potential commercial success of this movie. I am sure that it will be very commercially successful. I just said we have no way of knowing the quality. That's not at all the same thing. For example, to look at this director's last three films, The Happening was somewhat successful but an awful movie, The Lady In The Water was rather bad and did rather poorly, and The VIllage was very good and did bad in the box office.

Keep in mind that I agree with you; Katara should have been cast with an actress of ethnicity. I am merely saying that this one aspect of the film does not say anything about the entire cast, or about the film itself.

A tan? No, that is wrong for an actress who is a minor. Most likely they will use a combination of stage make-up and lighting, neither of which will harm the actress.

Well, Katara is one role that really doesn't need to go to a martial artist. She's a fighter, yes, but she uses only her water bending, which simply requires complex hand gestures.